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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1977
Page
1
The Life Investors Inc. purchase increases the insurer's in force life by 50 percent, raising total policies to a new level. Page 4 coverage notes the deal's size and market impact.
Saturday chairmen and generals gather in Iowa City to reenact historic battles like Waterloo Gettysburg and Arnhem. The Iowa City War Gaming Confederation leads sessions as part of a national hobby boom. Open houses attract weekend hobbyists according to Cedar Rapids Realtors.
The forecast calls for sunny skies and 63 in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon with clear to partly cloudy conditions through Saturday. Lows near mid 40s and Saturday highs in the mid 60s with a chance of rain.
U S Defense Secretary Harold Brown presses Western European defense ministers to back about 3 billion dollars for Boeing AWACS patrol planes to improve warning of Soviet movements. Germany resists cost share and a proposed Leopard II tank linkage. Belgium Netherlands Denmark and Norway delay 2 1 billion F 16 contract amid subcontracting disputes.
An earthquake in eastern Turkey killed at least 30 people, focusing impact on the farming town of Pala about 375 miles east of Ankara. Rescue teams and troops assisted, with 30 bodies recovered and damage reported to schools and homes. dam safety remained unconfirmed.
In New York American and Cuban negotiators met for direct talks on fishing zones in a bid to normalize ties after 16 years. A renegotiation of the 1973 anti hijacking agreement is expected by mid April as momentum builds under Carter toward improved human rights and regional stability.
Sheila Lindner leads two Garfield elementary students transporting a large box on Oakland road near 29th street NE. The box, a former store prop from a social studies project, is being returned to a girl's home.
Washington readers urge nationalizing railroads and building bikeways while touting tides power and reduced schooling to conserve energy. More than 350000 Americans randomly sampled share views on Carter proposals. 250000 with professional ties were also asked for input.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will visit Washington April 4-5 at President Carter s invitation. He will be the first Arab leader to meet Carter since he took office and discuss Middle East peace and bilateral relations with Carter, while planning talks with other Arab leaders in coming months. Rabin recently visited Washington.
Secretary of State Vance heads to Moscow for four days of talks aimed at easing the arms race and opening a dialogue on human rights and global hot spots. Carter outlines a negotiating stance seeking substantial reductions and a possible move from a 2400 launcher ceiling toward about 1800, with a fall back to the 2400 ceiling if talks fail.
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